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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Loved ones, communities devastated by record rainfall in Japan

Houses that were swept into the sea by a landslide in the Yoshidacho district of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, are seen on Monday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)
A woman, left, grieves for a lost relative in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Monday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Rescuers lift a person who was stranded at a flooded hospital into a helicopter in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)
An elderly woman rides in a boat after being rescued by Self-Defense Forces personnel in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)
A person who was stranded at a hospital climbs down a ladder into a boat as others wait in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

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